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Interior designer Kelly Wearstler clocks up around 150,000 air miles a year, so she knows a thing or two about the art of travelling. Photo: Getty Images
Luxury travel

2 iPhones, 3 pillows, Air France: hotel designer Kelly Wearstler’s travel tips

Commercial interior designer Wearstler, who logs 150,000 air miles a year, shares her top travel hacks for the well-heeled.

Smartphones

Apple’s China smartphone shipments fall in first quarter ahead of Trump’s tariffs

Apple

Chinese plant resumes hiring after Trump spares iPhones from tariffs

Donald Trump

Why Trump’s vision of US-made iPhones is likely to remain a dream

America lacks skilled workforce, established supply chains and engineering know-how that – for now – can only be found in Asia.

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Apple is unlikely to move iPhone production to the US in the foreseeable future for a variety of reasons. Photo: AFP
Apple

Apple’s supply chain under pressure from tariffs amid price hike speculation

The new tariffs will not hit iPhones assembled in China, but price hikes are expected with the iPhone 17 series this year.

Apple

Apple’s iPhone cost could rise 90% if it is made in US, BofA says

While Apple can find domestic labour for assembly, a ‘significant portion’ of parts used in manufacturing would still be assembled in China.

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Apple

Apple stores see rush of iPhone shoppers ahead of US tariffs

The atmosphere feels like the busy holiday season, store employees say, as panicked customers splurge on Apple products.

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The Fifth Avenue Apple Store in New York. Photo: EPA-EFE
Apple

Apple supplier Luxshare downplays impact of Trump tariffs

A total of 157 contractors in mainland China provide Apple with parts or manufacturing, according to the company’s latest supplier list.

Apple

Apple shares tumble as Trump imposes tariffs on production hubs

The new levies are likely to squeeze Apple’s margins, given that it is unlikely to hike prices to offset the effects, analysts say.

Apple

Apple shuffles AI executive ranks in bid to turn around Siri

The Apple Intelligence platform was late to arrive and largely a flop, despite being the main selling point for the iPhone 16.

A view of the Apple Store and company logo on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Photo: AFP
Smartphones

Review | US$200 less than standard handset, what you lose buying iPhone 16e

A fast downloading smartphone with a long lasting battery and new modem, the economy Apple handset lacks a decent camera.

The iPhone 16e is Apple’s budget phone. It lacks a number of features found on the regular iPhone16 but costs at least US$200 less. Photo: NurPhoto via Getty Images
Foxconn

Foxconn’s profits drop as iPhone sales falter, but AI boom offers hope

The Taiwanese company reported a 13 per cent fall in net income, worse than analysts’ estimates for a 2 per cent gain.

Apple

Apple’s AirPods to get Star Trek-like upgrade with live translation

The capability will be offered as part of an AirPods software upgrade due later this year, sources say.

Indonesia

In Indonesia vs Apple, is victory a double-edged sword?

Indonesia’s stringent local content rules may deter other tech firms wary of navigating regulatory challenges, analysts warn.

Customers inspect Apple iPhones at a shopping centre in Bali in February. Indonesia has secured a US$300 million investment from Apple, reopening the door for iPhone 16 sales in the country. Photo: EPA-EFE
Apple

Apple prepares major interface revamp for iPhone, iPad and Mac

Loosely based on the Vision Pro headset’s software, the new design could help revive demand for Apple’s iPhones.

Apple is preparing a dramatic software overhaul for its smartphones, tablets and computers. Photo: dpa
Apple

Apple’s new iPad Air gets a speed boost with the M3 chip

The iPad Air update represents a faster turnaround than usual, coming only 10 months after the last version.

Smartphones

Huawei leads China’s smartphone sales boom fuelled by subsidies

A government subsidy scheme for electronics purchases has boosted sales in the world’s largest smartphone market.

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Apple

Apple to fix iPhone glitch that suggests replacing ‘racist’ with ‘Trump’

Apple said the speech recognition models that power the voice-to-text feature might show words with some phonetic overlap.

Apple iPhone smartphones displayed at a store in London. Photo: Reuters
United States

Apple to add 20,000 US jobs amid Trump tariffs on China imports

The company, which builds most iPhones and other products in China, says it plans to spend US$500 billion in the US over the next four years.

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Alibaba

Alibaba investors hail e-commerce giant’s AI pivot, major outlay

Alibaba’s Hong Kong-listed shares surged 15 per cent on Friday, following an 8 per cent gain overnight in New York.

Smartphones

Google to open its first physical stores in India, taking on Apple

The company currently has five retail stores, all in the US, which sell its products such as Pixel phones, watches and earbuds.

The Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York. Photo: Reuters
Alibaba

Alibaba to ramp up AI, cloud investments as quarterly profit surges

CEO Eddie Wu said Alibaba will ‘aggressively invest’ in AI infrastructure and bolster research and development on advanced new AI models.

The Hangzhou-based tech conglomerate on Thursday reported total revenue of 280.2 billion yuan in the three months ended December 31. Photo: Shutterstock
Apple

Apple unveils US$599 iPhone 16e, a budget-friendly AI handset

The 16e will include a powerful chip to run Apple Intelligence, a set of features with access to ChatGPT.

Huawei

Huawei brings Mate XT to Malaysia, kicks off trifold handset’s overseas roll-out

The international roll-out reflects Huawei’s confidence in the Mate XT, which was released in China on the same date as the iPhone 16.

Smartphones

Chinese smartphone brands see rapid growth in Middle East, Southeast Asia

Transsion, Xiaomi and Honor topped the Middle East market last year, while Oppo took the No 1 spot in Southeast Asia for the first time.

In addition to topping the smartphone market across Southeast Asia last year, Oppo took the No 1 spot in Thailand and Vietnam. Photo: Shutterstock
Photography

Why Gen Z are using 10-year-old iPhones, old digital cameras

Gen Z and millennials carry two iPhones: the latest, and models a decade old for photos as part of the ‘young-tro’ – young and retro – trend.

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The Apple iPhone SE is back in vogue among Gen Z and younger millennials, who use them to take photos as part of their flirtation with “retro” tech. Photo: Shutterstock
Smartphones

Apple partners with Alibaba in AI as Chinese rivals embrace DeepSeek

DeepSeek has become the top AI choice for Chinese Android smartphone makers from Huawei to Vivo, as Alibaba scores Apple as local partner.

Alibaba

Alibaba’s Joe Tsai hails DeepSeek as open-source inspiration for AI developers

‘Let’s find out what are the actual problems in the world and use AI to solve them’, Tsai says at the World Governments Summit.

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